the museu nacional de belas artes holds 19,000 works including paintings, sculptures and other contemporary art forms. the museum also has an extensive foreign section with an excellent collection of 13th-14th century european paintings.

museu nacional de belas artes, (mnba), avenida rio branco, 199, centro, tel. 21.2219.8474 - here is the website, contact email, and map.      ● more ●